Circuit Judge John Vespa also scheduled a July 31 preliminary hearing for Booker, who faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. That, however, could become 30 years behind bars as prosecutor David Kenny said the state planned to file a more serious charge of armed robbery as the weapon had been recovered by police.

Prior to the bond hearing, Erin Barisch, a Peoria police detective with the Target Offender Unit, said Booker and Jerry Hardimon were riding on a elevator in the building. Surveillance cameras on the 10th floor show Hardimon jumping out of the elevator and a person, allegedly Booker, pointing a gun at him and taking a necklace and money before fleeing.

Barisch also said he talked to Booker on June 4 after a traffic stop about the Don’t Shoot anti-gun violence program. As part of that program, people targeted by police as violent are “called into” the police station whereby they are told to put down their weapons or suffer severe consequences.

The officer said when he talked to Booker last month, he gave him a “personal call-in” where he told him about the program and the possible effects. He also said he told him about services that could help him get off the street and to improve his life.

Kenny said in open court that it appeared “that Booker chose not to participate and had derailed that train.”

Vespa said he didn’t consider the Don’t Shoot program but noted Booker was out on bond for a previous robbery as well as a drug case which he said factored into his decision for a higher than normal bond.

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